1) Today is sunny. This means it's a good day to ride my bike. In normal circumstances, I would seriously consider riding to work so I could ride during light hours without freezing my ass off (since the temperature can't reach equilibrium and fluctuates radically). Today, however, I might be going to East East Van right after work to look at a bike my friend is getting rid of (a Schwinn!) because she and her husband have to move. I thought having two bikes would help me get out biking more because friends without bikes could come over and we could go biking because, hey, I have two bikes.
2) Friday night I went to my friend Sam's shed party and it was one of the more interesting party themes as of late. The party was, literally, in the shed out back, fixed with blinking bike lights for ambiance. It was a fundraiser to help pay for said shed while she and others who rent it go away for the summer to work. They sold yummy, malty homebrew for a steal ($2 a bottle!) and had cookies. The highlight, for me anyway, was the band. Sam's boyfriend and some of their friends have a Michael Jackson tribute band and they played two (2) songs from their repertoire: "Billie Jean" and "Beat It." Now, the thing that impressed me was twofold: 1) there was no singing, which I'm often happy about, and 2) recorders figured prominently. The band consisted of: a Casio that played beats too fast so they stopped using it, a small drum kit played for "Beat It," a mouth organ that is surprisingly close to the sounds of the original songs, and a multitude of recorders (likely 3, though the band was short and there may have been more or less). Very fun. I rode my bike to and from (I fixed my front bike light so it doesn't swing around anymore) and decided I will enjoy riding at night most when the weather warms up a bit more.
3) Yesterday I managed to stop writing my paper. That isn't to say it was finished per se, but I was finished with it. Not the best paper I've ever written, but I slid it under the office door on campus and it is done. This means that I am unofficially done my semester (one of my group projects has yet to be handed in, for reasons I don't fully understand, but hopefully the person who's job it is to hand it in does the one thing she's supposed to do). A little anti-climatic, but I'm still pretty happy about it. Which is why...
4) Last night I went to a house-warming at Jason and Debbie's relatively new house and met their cats. It's been extensively renovated, but still has elements of the original house, possibly a late 1920s Craftsman. It's hard to tell from the outside, especially since additions have been made and the exterior is covered in that stuff that they put on new Craftsman-style houses (you've seen them around town... I know you know what I mean). The interior is the indicator, with insets in the original wooden floors and the sloping ceilings. The party was fun and I spoke with some engaging friends of theirs, but I was feeling a bit burnt out and couples kept coming and I didn't think I could socialise with couples last night. So I left when Rachel and Augie left, and went back to theirs for a mini dance party with Augie and a catch-up chat with Rachel. I had a lovely evening, all around. When Nathan called after 10pm at a Gateway-level drunk state I, for a minute, wish I'd stayed because I probably could have gotten stinking drunk and been chatty with anyone. But my evening worked out so much better.
5) Tomorrow I start my two-week practicum at the Vancouver Art Gallery library. I'm pretty excited about it. And I also found out my friend's friend (whom I've never met) volunteers there on Monday mornings, so I'll get to meet her. It will be a crazy couple of weeks because I work 9-5 at the VAG library and then I have to haul ass to work and work for another 4 hours three nights a week. Stupid? Yes. Necessary? Yes. In this week's Georgia Straight, you can read about one of the VAG's current exhibits that is causing some controversy. Time to utilise my membership.
6) I'm thinking of going for breakfast this morning before work. It's either pancakes at one of the diners around my 'hood or popping into Chinatown for solo dim sum (which sounds kind of sad, now that I think about it). I'd better get on with personal hygeine so I can get the rock out of here.
For those of you who have patiently waited for me to have more time... As of May I am free for any number of social engagements for at least two months, possibly four. Keep me in mind.
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